David Howman, the director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), believes that “mafia-organized crime” is responsible for pushing anabolic steroids in sports. Howman was in New York to deliver the keynote address entitled “Trends and Progress in the Fight against Doping in Sport” for the 2011 Partnership for Clean Conference on December 1, 2011. [Read more…]
Steroids in Sports
Nov
24
Female Track Athletes Explain Winstrol and Dianabol Positives
Six female track athletes from India are trying to explain why they tested positive for anabolic steroids in May and June 2011. The six top female 400 meter sprinters in India appeared before the India National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel to describe the “exceptional circumstances” that resulted in the presence of Dianabol and Winstrol metabolites in their urine samples. [Read more…]
Nov
23
Masters Athletes Represent One-Third of Steroid Users Caught by USADA
Over one-third of athletes testing positive for anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs are masters athletes. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended nine masters athletes for doping violations in 2011; four of those athletes were in their fifties and sixties. Many of those athletes were only guilty of using steroids therapeutically as part of a testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) protocol. [Read more…]
Nov
21
Steroid Conviction Gets Four Year Suspension for British Shot-Putter
British shot-putter Carl Fletcher was suspended from competition for four years by the United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) after being convicted of trafficking anabolic steroids. Fletcher pleaded guilty to supplying 16 different types of performance-enhancing drugs including human growth hormone (hGH) and the anabolic steroids testosterone and Trenbolone. Steroids are categorized as a Class C drug in the United Kingdom. Fletcher was sentenced to nine months in prison by the Liverpool Crown Court. [Read more…]
Nov
20
Spanish Athletes Respond to Steroid Accusations by Yannick Noah
Spanish athletes have sharply criticized former tennis champion Yannick Noah over an editorial he wrote for the French newspaper Le Monde. In “La Potion Magique”, Noah suggested that the incredible sporting success of Spain in recent years was due to their unfettered use of “the magic potion”. The magic potion was meant to refer to anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs. Noah asserted that Spanish athletes were more muscular than French athletes and offered this as the only “proof” that they had used steroids. [Read more…]
Nov
19
Huge Steroid Scandal and Cover Up in India Exposed by Marathon Runner
A former marathon champion is fighting to expose the names of athletes who have tested positive for anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs over the past two decades in India. Sunita Godara had accused India’s government of engaging in a “systematically designed state-sponsored illegitimate doping control exercise” in which positive steroid test results were covered up by sports officials since 1991. [Read more…]
Nov
18
Tennis Legend Yannick Noah Advocates Legalized Doping in Sports
Former professional tennis player Yannick Noah recently wrote that the use of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs should be permitted in sports in a guest editorial entitled “La potion magique” for the French newspaper Le Monde. Noah argued that the athletes that win are the ones that have learned how to outsmart the anti-doping agencies. [Read more…]
Nov
16
Arab Royal Family Bodyguard Accused of Steroid Use
Professional chauffeur Peter Robinson claims he was fired after he accused the bodyguard of a royal family member of using anabolic steroids. Robinson believed the royal family feared he would have reported the bodyguard’s steroid use to police thereby damaging the family’s reputation. [Read more…]
Nov
15
Usain Bolt Falsely Linked to Steroid Dealer
Ricky Simms, the manager for the “world’s fastest man” Usain Bolt, has vehemently denied internet rumors that have linked Bolt to an admitted steroid dealer. The rumor was given strength when Deadspin falsely linked Bolt to Angel “Memo” Heredia in a headline entitled “What Do Usain Bolt And Juan Manuel Marquez Have In Common? They Train With The Same Admitted Steroids Dealer.” [Read more…]
Nov
14
Floyd Landis Convicted in Hacking Incident Related to Steroid Case
Floyd Landis has been convicted of receiving steroid-testing documents that were illegally obtained from a French laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The Chatenay-Malabry laboratory was responsible for testing Landis’ urine and blood samples for the presence of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) during the 2006 Tour de France. Landis was initially declared the winner of the 2006 Tour until anti-doping controls suggested that he had used the anabolic steroid testosterone. [Read more…]
